Hurricanes and Tornadoes

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Across
  1. 4. a large rotating tropical storm with wind speeds at least 74 miles per hour
  2. 5. a sudden increase in wind speed, accompanied by rain or snow
  3. 6. Filipino name for hurricanes
  4. 7. an unusual rise in tides after a storm
  5. 8. the way objects in the air move in the different hemispheres(to the right in the Nothern Hemisphere, to the left in the Southern Hemisphere)
  6. 11. a large air mass that rotates around a center of low atmospheric pressure
Down
  1. 1. the calm center of the hurricane, surrounded by eyewall
  2. 2. a tropical cyclone that forms in the western Pacific ocean
  3. 3. a tropical cyclone with maximum sustained wind of up to 38 miles per hour
  4. 5. a violent disturbance of the atmosphere characterized by a strong wind, percipiation, and often thunder and lighting
  5. 9. the area just outside the eye of a hurricane or cyclone
  6. 10. a very strong wind between 28 and 47 knots per hour